Bjorn Meijer
_38_(Bjorn_Meijer).jpg) Meijer with Club Brugge in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Bjorn Thomas Meijer | ||
| Date of birth | 18 March 2003 | ||
| Place of birth | Groningen, Netherlands [1] | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[2] | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Sampdoria | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2012–2021 | Groningen | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021–2022 | Groningen | 24 | (2) |
| 2022–2026 | Club Brugge | 101 | (6) |
| 2026– | Sampdoria | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021 | Netherlands U-19 | 2 | (0) |
| 2022–2025 | Netherlands U-21 | 13 | (2) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17 August 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 25 June 2025 | |||
Bjorn Thomas Meijer (born 18 March 2003) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a defender for Serie B club Sampdoria in Italy.
Career
On 19 April 2022, Meijer signed a four-year contract with Club Brugge in Belgium.[3]
On 12 August 2026, Meijer moved to Italy and joined Sampdoria on a four-season deal.[4]
Career statistics
- As of match played 7 August 2026
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Groningen | 2020–21 | Eredivisie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22 | Eredivisie | 23 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 2 | |||
| Total | 24 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 2 | ||
| Club Brugge | 2022–23 | Belgian Pro League | 35 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8[b] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 4 |
| 2023–24 | Belgian Pro League | 27 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 6[c] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 2 | |
| 2024–25 | Belgian Pro League | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |
| 2025–26 | Belgian Pro League | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10[b] | 0 | 1[d] | 0 | 38 | 1 | |
| 2026–27 | Belgian Pro League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 100 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 137 | 7 | ||
| Club NXT | 2023–24 | Challenger Pro League | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 125 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 163 | 9 | ||
- ↑ Includes KNVB Cup, Belgian Cup
- 1 2 3 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
- ↑ Appearance in Belgian Super Cup
Honours
Club Brugge
Individual
- Eredivisie Team of the Month: February 2022[6]
References
- ↑ "Bjorn Meijer – Player Profile". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 26 March 2025.
- ↑ "Bjorn Meijer". Club Brugge KV. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
- ↑ "BJORN MEIJER MOVES TO CLUB BRUGGE". Club Brugge. 19 April 2022. Archived from the original on 22 April 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
- ↑ "Meijer è blucerchiato: definitivo dal Club Brugge" [Meijer joins the Blucerchiati: a permanent move from Club Brugge] (in Italian). UC Sampdoria. 12 August 2026. Retrieved 22 August 2026.
- ↑ Oludare, Shine (17 July 2022). "Odoi, Sowah, Mata and Mbamba win Belgian Super Cup with Club Brugge". Goal. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
- ↑ "Ajax provides most players for team of the month February". eredivisie.eu. 4 March 2022.
External links
- Bjorn Meijer at the Club Brugge KV website
- Bjorn Meijer at Soccerway
- Career stats & Profile - Voetbal International
Categories:
- 2003 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Groningen (city)
- 21st-century Dutch sportsmen
- Men's association football defenders
- Dutch men's footballers
- Netherlands men's youth international footballers
- Netherlands men's under-21 international footballers
- FC Groningen players
- Club Brugge KV players
- Club NXT players
- UC Sampdoria players
- Eredivisie players
- Belgian Pro League players
- Challenger Pro League players
- Dutch expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
- Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
- Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
- Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Italy